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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Because I had some trouble finding the information I needed, I am putting it all here to save you the time it takes to sift through the entire internet. Without further ado, here's how you "grow a hard disk."

The Scenario:
You've just created a new Virtual Machine that's running Linux. Everything goes great, you install some software, and then a message pops up saying you're almost out of space.

The Solution:

Turn OFF your virtual machine.

From the host, go to the directory where VirtualBox is installed and run the following command: VBoxManage modifyhd MyVirtualDisk.vdi --resize NEW_SIZE_IN_MB